Luxury

  • Luxury
    By Paul Smith, Martín Parr

    With photography, I like to create fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving it a twist, says British photographer Martin Parr,...

  • Luxury: A Rich History
    By Peter McNeil, Giorgio Riello

    The expansion and industrialization of luxury have created a kind of 'luxury invasion' of our everyday lives.53 But at the same time one of the dangers for luxury brands is that of overexposure. In targeting expanding and increasingly ...

  • Luxury: Poems
    By Philip Schultz

    “Compelling. . . . [Schultz’s] works are replete with insights and nuggets of wisdom.”— Washington Post With humor, irony, and celebration, Luxury explores the comfort and sustenance of life, the bittersweet clarity of aging, and ...

  • Luxury: A Rich History
    By Peter McNeil, Giorgio Riello

    More than ever, luxury is a pervasive presence in the cultural and economic life of the West - and increasingly too in the emerging super-economies of Asia and Latin America. Yet luxury is hardly a new phenomenon.

  • Luxury: A Rich History
    By Peter McNeil, Giorgio Riello

    The first ever global history of luxury, from Roman villas to Russian oligarchs: a sparkling story of novelty, excess, extravagance, and indulgence through the centuries

  • Luxury
    By Jessica Ruston

    A scandalous look at life lived in the lap of luxury... Jessica Ruston's unputdownable debut novel, Luxury, will transport you to a world of glitz, glamour and scandalous secrets.